I am planning to rebed my stanchions in addition to my chainplates when on the hard at the end of the season. I have seen the articles and photos posted on this forum for accessing most of the stanchion bolts via removing interior wood trim and cutting a slot in the fiberglass to reach the bolts. However, the starboard stanchion is mounted on the rail just behind the aft cabinet in the galley. If through bolts were used there would be no way to get to them without removing the cabinet. Does anyone know if the stanchion was screwed into a deck plate instead? Thanks!
Rebedding Catalina 310 Starboard Gate Stanchion - No way to reach bolts as it is behind galley cabinets - Deck plate mount?
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Who don't you just remove one and see? Or call Catalina Yachts, they're still in business you know.
Hi Stu,
I did just that. Thanks. I called Warren Pandy at Catalina this am. For the benefit of anyone else considering this particular repair on the 310, he said that due to the different ages of the Catalina 310, and changes that may have been made during the course of its production, some boats may have that particular stanchion base through bolted and some may be screwed into deck plates. His good advice to me was to take a Phillips screw driver and try to back out one of the screws on the base plate of the stanchion. If it turns readily, and keeps turning, it is likely in a deck plate and I have a beer. If it doesn't then it was probably through bolted. If that is the case, he said I could simply cut an access hole with a hole saw etc. in the back of the cabinet itself to access the bolts and then install an access hatch for future rebedding f I wish.
I probably should have thought of that before asking the wisdom of this forum. However, I was hoping to hear that someone had done all their stanchions and would tell me, point by point, how they did it for each of the stanchions. Anyway, I will post the results of my stanchion and chainplate rebedding work on the forum to the extent anyone might be interested. I will take photos.
Glad to hear Catalina's reply was in agreement with my suggestion. Good confirmation and thanks for reinforcing what many of us have learned and shared. There were 1,801 Catalina 34s made, I know many of them up close and personal. It's one of my "jobs" in our Association - we just got a new member from Finland! 
That's a reality with good boats that have loooong production runs. Think of it as a positive. 
Good luck with your work, fingers crossed for deck plate)) and look forward to your followups. I suggest you just keep adding to this thread, rather than starting a new one, unless if you start a new one, include a link back to here. It'd save you typing your introduction to the new one. All the best.
That's a reality with good boats that have loooong production runs. Think of it as a positive. Not at all. Think of this question as a completely different one than you first asked. I do.
Good luck with your work, fingers crossed for deck plate
)) and look forward to your followups. I suggest you just keep adding to this thread, rather than starting a new one, unless if you start a new one, include a link back to here. It'd save you typing your introduction to the new one. All the best.
There's a good chance it is a deck plate. When I bought my C310, the forward starboard stanchion had been broken off, and the owner had left a new stanchion on the boat. When I replaced it, I just backed out the screws and then reinserted them. It didn't occur to me that they might be through bolted. Guess I got lucky.
